Bear Ex Next Door (Secret Shifters Next Door Book 2) by Roxie Ray

Author:Roxie Ray [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

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APRIL

It felt like it was never going to end. The police pulled each of the four men into the conference room, using it as a de facto interrogation room. First Blayne, then Tate, Miles, and finally Steff. Then they went through again and again. It went on for hours. One of the detectives pulled me aside and asked me a few questions, but not in any formal interrogating manner.

“So, uh, is it Miss Knight or Miss Steele?”

I sighed wearily. “My legal name is April Knight.”

“Okay then, Miss Knight. Any idea why someone would drop a dead body off in front of this security firm?”

“I really don’t. It’s crazy. I grew up in this town, and I’ve never seen anything like it.”

The detective nodded and rubbed at his chin. “That’s exactly what I figured. Lilly Valley is not, as one would assume, a hotbed of murder and violence. This does have all the hallmarks of a gang-style intimidation tactic. Do you know anything about some of the dealings this firm handles? Maybe you’ve heard something while hanging out with Mr. James? Steffen James? He’s one of the principal owners, isn’t he?”

I could see where the questioning was going. They thought Steff and his friends were involved in something illegal. Drugs, guns, human trafficking—God knows what. They assumed that whoever dumped the body had done it to send a message. In that, they were right. The problem was they were way off on what kind of message they were trying to send. It was frustrating to know the truth and not be able to say anything.

I shook my head. “Officer, I can assure you, those men are not doing anything illegal.”

From the conference room, I heard Miles raise his voice. “You do realize there are other businesses in this shopping center, don’t you? Why are you treating me and my partners like criminals? We already gave you the camera footage. You can see we did nothing wrong.”

He was right. I’d seen the footage when I’d slid into the surveillance room. All the people involved had worn ski masks and big bulky coats, so you couldn’t tell whether they were men or women. The van was generic white, and the license plates had been removed. Watching them dump the still bleeding body out onto the pavement had almost made me vomit. The fact that Ryland was part of a group of people like that made my skin crawl.

The detective talking to me glanced at the conference room. “He’s getting a little worked up, isn’t he? Wonder why that is?”

That was the final straw. I’d had enough. “Officer, if you’re going to charge anyone in this building with something, then you’d better start. Otherwise, I’ll have my lawyers here within the hour, and we’ll let them start discussing this harassment. You’ve wasted hours here trying to get us to tell you something we don’t know. You need to get your ass out there and figure out who killed that poor man. Unless you’re too lazy or scared to do it.

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